Outside dry-earth closet.



No. 811,412. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. J. R. KOONS.

OUTSIDE DRY EARTH CLOSET.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. '1. 1904.

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No. 811,412. PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906. J. R. KOONS.

OUTSIDE DRY EARTH CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. '1. 1904.

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OUTSIDE DRY-EARTH CLOSE'T.

Speecation of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. so, 190e.

Application filed September 7, 1904. Serial No. 223,593.

.To all whom, it may concern: y

Beit known that I, Jol-IN R. KooNs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntington Mills, in the county of Luzerne and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Outside Dry-Earth Olosets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in what may be termed outdoordry-earth closets or privies.

Said invention has for its object to provide for supplying coal-ashes,earth, or other suitable material to the excrement contained in the boxor chamber of the closet or privy as an absorbent for such eXerement,rendering the latter odorless and otherwise desirable from a sanitaryview-point.

Said invention consists o1 the combination and arrangement oi partssubstantially as hereinafter fully disclosed, and particularly definedby the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the'preferred embodiment ofmy invention, Figurel is a view showing said invention as applied to anordinary privy or earthcloset, partly in sectional elevation. Fig. 2 isa section produced through the sifter and its chamber portion of thedevice at right angles to the plane of Fig. 1.- Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe parts contained in Fig. 2 with the top part oi the casing removed.Fig. 4 is a broken-away detailed View disclosing more especially thelower interior portion of the sifter-chamber with its structuralfeatures.

'Fig 5 is a view showing particularly the sifter moved outward and itspivoted bottom tilted, as in dumping its coarse particles after thesifting operation. Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section produced throughthe excrement box or chamber, disclosing more especially theseat-opening-covering slide with its actuating means. Fig. 7 is anenlarged detached fragmentary view showing more fully the actuatingmeans for said slide for covering the seat-opening.

In the carrying out of my invention I arrange conveniently to andpreferably laterally of the ordinary dry closet or privy 1 a sifterchamber or inclosure 2, within which, as indicated, is arranged in itsupper portion a sifter or screen 3, preferably rectangular in generaloutline. Said sifter or screen is supported movably upon a roll orcylindric bar 3a, secured or arranged in the casing or in.-

' closure 2 at its rear side, and which sifter has secured to anupward-extended rear portion thereof a rod or handle 3b, extendingforward out through said. casing conveniently for grasping andactuation, as in operating the sifter. Said. sifter of course being ofsulliciently less diameter in one direction than the interiorcross-section of the easing 2 to permit it to have the requisitereciprocation, as in operating said sifter, may have its lateralportions extended, as at 3, or otherwise be adapted to be upheld. whilethus being actuated or operated, as will be readily appreciated. Thebottom 3 of the sifter 3 is hinged or pivoted, as at 3M, laterally tothe sifter-frame, to provide, for the ready tilting of said bottom whensaid sifter is .moved outward, as shown, as in Fig. 5, and to permit thedumping of the remaining coarse material after each sifting operation,as will be readily understood. Said sifter-bottom has extending from itsfree end bar extensions 3G, serving therefor the like purposes as theextensions 30 do -for the sifter, the latter underlying the former whenthe sifter,with its bottom, is in operative position.

Within the casing or inclosure 2, directly above the sifter or'screen 3,is secured or fixed a board or platform 4, one edge of which, however,is removed distantly from the opposite Wall or side of said inclosure orcasing, thus leaving an opening at that point to provide for dividing upthe ashes or other material which may be dumped into said easing fromabove, part falling upon said board and part falling into said sifter.After the eX- hausting of the contents of the sifter by suitablyoperating the latter that portion of the ashes or other material whichmay have lodged upon the platform or board 4 may be removed therefrom bya scraper 4a, resting edgewise upon the board 4 and actuated by asuitable handle 4b, extending through the casing 2, and said materialcaused to fall into the sifter for treatment, as the previous contentso'f said sifter. In the lower part or bottom of the casing or inclosure2 is arranged or provided to receive the sifted ashes or other materiala trough 5, flanked upon opposite sides b y downward and inward slopingboards or deflectors 5, with their lower edges resting upon the upperedges of said trough to direct or conduct whatever ashes may fallthereon into said trough. Arranged within said trough is a conveyer 6,having spiral blades or wings GL -to provide as said conveyer isactuated for the endwise feeding or ICO IIO

delivery of the contents of said trough out through an opening 6b in thecasing 2 into an elevator presently described. Said conveyer has itsshaft suitably journaled in opposite sides of the casing 2, with one endextending beyond said casing and through the lower end of the inclinedtrunk or housing 8a ot an elevator 8, comprising an endless belt ofbuckets or carriers Sb. Said projecting or extending end ot saidconveyer-shaft has secured thereto within said end of said elevatortrunka sprocket Wheel or pulley 8C, encompassed by said belt or buckets 8b,whereby it is obvious as the last-noted is operated, as presentlyexplained, said conveyer-shaft Will be simultaneously actuated, and thusprovide for the delivery of the contents ot the trough 6 into thebuckets of the elevator for the elevation thereof up through said trunkfor a purpose later described. Said elevator trunk or housing 8a hasalso arranged in its upper end a sprocket wheel or pulley 8d, securedupon a shaft Se bearing therein, and which pulley or wheelis alsoencompassed by the endless belt or buckets 8b, and which shaft has itsforward end adapted to be readily actuated by hand tor operating saidendless belt ot bucketsconstituting the elevator. With their uppermeeting ends communicating with the corresponding end of the tank 8 aretwo divergent chutes or spouts 9, whose lower ends deliver into theexcrement-boxlO. rlhe spouts or chutes 9 have arranged or hung thereinat their point ot convergence a platevalve 9a, adapted to be suitablyactuated by hand to direct the flow of the elevated ashes or othermaterial from the elevator into either chute or spout 9, as may bedesired, in delivering the same into the excrement chamber or box as anabsorbent and deodorizer.

The privy-seat 10at has arranged upon its under side, so as to permit otthe closing of the opening therein after use, a slide 1l, havingdepending therefrom a stirrup or staple lla, within which plays andwhich is engaged by the lateral portion of a bent or crank arm l2Z1 of arock-shaft l2, suitably supported in the front side of the privy andhaving secured to its outer end an arcuate foot-lever 13. Said lever, asindicated, may be conveniently operated by applying the toot thereto ineffecting the movement ot the slide ll, as in opening or closing theopening in the seat for obvious purposes. The crank-arm 12a, beingarranged within the privy box or chamber, has its vertical portion soinclosed or guarded by incasing it in any suitable way as to isolate orremove it from contact with the excrement as the latter accumulates insaid box or chamber, Also for purposes of ventilation a pipe, preferablyof sheet-iron and about three inches in cross-section, may be arrangedat the rear of the closet or privy upon the outside with its lower endextending thereinto under the seat formed by the top of theexcrement-box and its upper end terminating a suitable distance abovethe closetroof.

Latitude is allowed as to details herein, as they may be changed ascircumstances suggest without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claiml. In a device of the character described, an excrement-chamber,a sitter, with its casing, provided above said sitter, with a platform,with one edge removed distantly from the opposite wall of said casing, aconveyer arranged below said sitter and adapted to receive the sittedmaterial from said sitter, and an elevator adapted to actuate saidconveyer and deliver into said excrement-chamber.

2. In a device of the character described, an excrement-chamber, asitter having a pivoted bottom, with arm or bar extensions at one end,adapted to be supported upon the sitter-inclosure, means arranged belowsaid sitter and adapted to convey the sitted material from said sitter,means adapted to elevate the conveyed material and deliver it into saidexcrement-chamber.

3. In a device ot the character described, an excrement-chamber, asitter and an inclosing casing therefor, said casing having securedtherein just above said sitter, a platform or board with one edgeremoved distantly trom the opposite Wall of said casing, and a scraperarranged upon said board or platform and having a handle extendingthrough said casing, means for conveying away the sitted material andmeans for elevating said material and delivering it into saidexcrement-chamber.

4. In a device of the character described, a sitter and its inclosingcasing, said sitter having bar or arm extensions at one end adapted torest upon a cross-bar of said casing, and a handle for actuating saidsitter, extending through said casing.

5. In a device of the character described, an excrement-chamber, asitter, an inclosing casing therefor, a conveyer arranged within saidcasing and below said sitter, an elevator effective to actuate saidconveyer and deliver the material conducted away by said conveyer to apoint above said excrementchamber, and a bituroated Itrunk with itsbranches delivering at different points into said excrement-chamber,said trunk or chute being equipped with a plate-valve adapted to directthe elevated material, from the upper end of said trunk into either otsaid branches.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name. to this specication in thepresence ot two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN R. KOONS. litnesses:

AUGUSTUS S. SNYDER, VILLIAM MASTERS.

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